Category: Yankee Fan Memories
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May 15, 2008: Inside The Park
You never know what you’re going to see when you go out to the ballpark. Tonight I went out to the snazzy new Stadium in the Bronx to see the Yankees take on the Minnesota Twins. I did not expect to see Phil Hughes pitch a no-hitter. And he didn’t. I did not expect to…
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April 26, 2009: Monumental Look
At last, some of my photos of the Home Opener at Yankee Stadium from April 16th. They would have been up sooner, but things keep happening like, oh, the Yankees arriving in Boston and playing games that take five hours to finish… So we started with the line to Monument Park. The very very very…
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April 25, 2009: Slug fest
We were really looking forward to a tight pitching duel at Fenway today, as AJ Burnett and Josh Beckett faced off. As I write this, Jonathan Papelbon just walked Derek Jeter in the top of the ninth, in which Boston has a 16-11 lead. There have been 28 hits in the game so far, and…
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April 17, 2009: First and second, two out
After the debacle of the inaugural game at new Yankee Stadium, today’s game seemed much more fitting as an opener! After all, Derek Jeter hit the key home run and Mariano Rivera got the save, among other things. It was a gorgeous day in New York, the temperature just kissing 70. I didn’t actually go…
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April 6, 2009: Baby Photos
Welcome back baseball! Here at Why I LIke Baseball, this week will feature new content every day in our special welcome back baseball week! Herewith, post #2 of the celebration! I promised photos of the New Yankee Stadium, and so I’ve uploaded them to my Flickr account. Here are some of the highlights: Click on…
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April 5, 2009: New Digs
Welcome back baseball! Here at Why I Like Baseball, this week will feature new content every day in our special welcome back baseball week! Starting with: NEW DIGS Today I set foot for the first time in the New Yankee Stadium. The first thing I did, though was park in one of the old parking…
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Born Again in Baseball: Part Three: The Comeback
(Originally posted February 13, 2000, reposted to new site December 3, 2008) In 1999, corwin and I had been together eight years. Eight years! And now that we’re both in our thirties, we’ve gotten on to a kind of second-childhood kick. (We also took a vacation to Disney World this year.) I decided that, with…
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Born Again in Baseball: Rookie
(Originally posted February 13, 2000, reposted to new site November 1, 2008) So, how did a young fan of Reggie Jackson, the Year of the Comeback, Bucky Dent, Ron Guidry, and Thurman Munson, a woman who still counts among one of the best days of her life witnessing Dave Righetti’s Fourth of July No-Hitter live…
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September 21, 2008: The Curtain Comes Down
Here’s a trivia question you’ll be able to stump your friends with in 2013. Who hit the last home run in Yankee Stadium? Answer: Jose Molina. Jeter tried to do it, but his line drive was caught just short of the wall. Johnny Damon tried to do it, blasting a three-run shot to put the…
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August 31, 2008: When The World Is Running Down
Well, I have probably just seen my last game at Yankee Stadium, at least the stadium as I knew it. My very earliest trips to the stadium were before the mid-70s renovation. I even remember a doubleheader at Shea on a day it poured rain so hard that the decks looked like waterfalls. But the…